Li Xue'e was completely bewildered as she was dragged out. By the time she realized what was happening, she had already been pulled hundreds of meters away.
Only then did she have a chance to ask Hu Yuanyuan, "Why are you here too?"
Hu Yuanyuan was out of breath after running such a short distance, so she stopped and, panting, looked at her and replied, "Pingping asked me to come. She went to my house earlier. She was worried that you would be bullied when you got home, so she dragged me along. I thought she was just saying it casually, but I didn't expect this to actually happen."
Upon hearing this, Li Xue'e turned around and looked back, but did not see Yuan Mengge following her.
"She...she hasn't come yet."
Hu Yuanyuan: "It's okay, she went to get her bicycle and will be back in a bit. Let's find a place to wait for her."
As he spoke, he found a tree by the roadside and stood there.
Then he looked at Li Xue'e and asked, "Are you alright? Come here and let me see... I saw you almost fall just now."
Li Xue'e wiped away her tears and shook her head: "It's okay, I didn't fall."
Then, she looked at Hu Yuanyuan curiously and asked, "By the way, what did Pingping throw away?"
She had just noticed Yuan Mengge throw a bag in, but she hadn't seen what was inside.
Hu Yuanyuan laughed: "It's a hornet's nest, that's why I dragged you along. Let the hornets sting them to death!"
When Li Xue'e heard that she had thrown away a hornet's nest, her eyes widened, and she stared at her in disbelief: "Huh? A hornet's nest???"
Then she suddenly burst into laughter and exasperation: "Where did she get a hornet's nest from?! She really dared to throw it there... Is she crazy?!"
Hu Yuanyuan laughed louder and louder: "Hahaha~~ I knew I shouldn't have gone so far, I forgot to check their reactions!"
As the two were talking, they saw Yuan Mengge arrive on her bicycle with her dog.
Hu Yuanyuan and Li Xue'e were not running outwards, but rather towards the village of a hundred people.
So by the time Yuan Dasheng and his men realized what was happening, Li Xue'e was nowhere to be found.
After Yuan Mengge arrived, she immediately started criticizing Li Xue'e: "Why did you try to stop them when they were fighting? With your skinny arms and legs, how could you possibly stop them? Have you forgotten what I told you last night?"
Li Xue'e was stunned by what she said, and said with a little grievance, "I...I really didn't expect them to attack. Today is the homecoming banquet, it would be so embarrassing if this got out, people would laugh at my family..."
"Let them laugh. They're capable of doing things themselves, why are they afraid of being laughed at? Besides, after how they treated you, why are you still worried about them? Are you stupid?" Yuan Mengge said to her irritably.
Then she added, "Don't listen to everything they say. Think more about yourself, or they'll suck you dry until you're nothing but bones. It's only natural to be kind to those who are good to you, but to be kind to those who aren't good to you isn't kindness, it's half-brained, you know?"
Li Xue'e was scolded like that, but strangely, she didn't feel angry.
There's just one thing I don't understand.
I don't understand why she seems to know me so well, and why she's been treating me so well these past few days, like a completely different person.
What's even stranger is how she knew that Yuan Dasheng and the others would have a fight over money today?
Apart from her sister Hu Yuanyuan, no one had ever thought of her like this before.
After listening to Yuan Mengge's words, Hu Yuanyuan nodded in agreement, saying, "Yes, that's right. You really are completely controlled by your dad and your brother... But why did they fight?"
Because of the distance, Hu Yuanyuan and the other person could not hear their voices, but could only see their actions.
At this point, Li Xue'e's face darkened, and she said, "My brother wants to borrow money from him to build a house, and he even said that the dowry he gave was too little..."
Upon hearing this, Hu Yuanyuan rolled her eyes in exasperation: "You've only been married for three days, and your brother is already thinking of borrowing money from his brother-in-law? No wonder Yuan Dasheng is angry; anyone would be angry! If you were a little more gentle, you might actually have had your money borrowed."
After thinking for a moment, he asked curiously, "How much does he want to borrow?"
Li Xue'e shook her head: "My brother hadn't even said how much he wanted to borrow before they started fighting. Judging from the looks of it, it's probably several thousand. They're eyeing the wedding gifts we received at our wedding banquet, saying that Yuan Dasheng's dowry was only so much..."
"Wow! You two are so shameless!" Yuan Mengge couldn't help but exclaim.
Hu Yuanyuan also looked at him with disdain: "It must have been your stepmother who encouraged you. Wasn't it her idea to marry you off to Yuan Dasheng in the first place?"
At this moment, Yuan Mengge said in a business etiquette style, "Okay, let's go to Sister Yuanyuan's house for dinner. Sister Xue'e, don't go home yet, and don't go back to my house either. Let's go to Sister Yuanyuan's house to play."
Hearing this, Li Xue'e asked somewhat confusedly, "Can I go? Wouldn't that be inappropriate?"
"What's wrong with this! Come on, come on! Come to my house!" Seeing her hesitant expression, Hu Yuanyuan immediately pulled her towards her own village.
As they walked, she continued, "Why do you care about your dad and your husband? They don't want you to have a good life, so why are you still bothering with them?"
Li Xue'e silently let her lead her away.
Yuan Mengge pushed her bicycle and walked beside them, while Duoduo sometimes followed behind them and sometimes ran in front of them.
As Li Xue'e walked, she said worriedly, "But what will we do when we get back tonight? Your brother and your parents will definitely talk about me..."
Yuan Mengge: "What are you going to say? If they're going to say anything, they'll say it's about me, not you. You haven't done anything wrong, so what are you afraid of?"
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